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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86386

A urine test that looks for a protein shed into the urine by bladder cancer cells. It helps in detecting bladder cancer and in checking whether it has returned after treatment, and is read alongside — not instead of — looking inside the bladder with a scope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$9.77 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $19Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$15.14

AK $48.98GA $13.49

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.